Midfielder

Lin Yi did smile, but this time he smiled while lying on the grass. Senna's fierce tackle knocked him over. When Lin Yi completed the pass, his supporting leg was kicked hard.

Fortunately, Lin Yi's reaction was fast enough. His whole body flew up with the force, but he still fell heavily to the ground. He didn't smile until he saw the ball go in.

This kid smiled a little recklessly. He wanted to fight, but failed. The pain in his right calf made him a little weak, but it didn't prevent him from seeing the ball rolling into the net.

A crucial goal, which allowed Crespo to score under the opponent's strict defense. Lin Yi used himself as a bait. Not only did he deceive the opponent's defender with the pass, but this time he also threw Senna's foul under the eyes of the referee. That guy must be carded.

Although Chelsea scored, the referee could not let Senna's foul, which was obviously hurtful, go unpunished, especially since Senna committed the foul less than five meters in front of the referee.

It is estimated that the referee could not show mercy to him even if he wanted to, and what made Pellegrini most depressed was that Senna already had a yellow card, and now two yellows turned into one red.

Losing the ball and then being sent off, this double blow made the Love Song Stadium silent, except for his players who were still surrounding the referee to argue for Senna's foul.

"It was an unconscious foul, just because the speed of sliding was too fast, he didn't come and didn't brake, damn, this was not a malicious injury!" The on-site commentator seemed to want to join in the fun.

But his shouting would definitely be ignored by the referee, even if there were 20,000 fans responding.

However, such a sound was not enough for the referee to take back the red card that had been raised high. Senna could only walk to the sidelines with his head down. Lin Yi, who was supported by Faria and the team doctor, also left the field with him.

Although Lin Yi avoided most of the force that Senna kicked directly on his leg, the impact still prevented him from getting up immediately, and the pain from his calf also made him frown.

Crespo and others saw Lin Yi's expression and quickly called Chelsea's team doctor to come up. Compared with a goal, they didn't want to see Lin Yi injured. This kid is the absolute core.

If he hadn't deceived the opponent's defender with a fake move, Crespo would definitely not have picked up such an advantage. Seeing that this kid didn't get up, Chelsea's players didn't even have the heart to celebrate.

Especially Crespo, who has been a substitute this season, can score in the Champions League semi-finals. Whether he stays in the team or leaves next season, it will be beneficial to him. Lin Yi can obviously handle a shot just now. Let alone whether it goes in or not, he is fully capable of shooting from that position.

But at the last moment, Lin Yi still chose to pass the ball, and it was a very beautiful ground ball that passed through everyone's interception, allowing Crespo to pick up a loophole in front of the goal. The Argentine is also the kind of person who knows how to be grateful, so after this guy scored a goal just now, he wanted to pull Lin Yi to celebrate together, but when he saw that kid lying on the ground unable to move, Crespo almost raised his fist at Senna.

Not only him, but also tough guys like Terry planned to teach the guy who kicked Lin Yi a lesson.

"How does it feel?" Faria and the team doctor looked at the shoe print on the back of Lin Yi's right leg and sucked their teeth. If this kid hadn't moved quickly enough, this tackle might have directly disabled him.

"It's okay, it just hurts a little, it should be a hard injury." Lin Yi tried to move his right leg and still felt a little pain, but compared with the feeling of weakness just now, it was much better.

"Substitution, now you are ready to go off the field for a careful inspection." Mourinho stood by. Although Lin Yi said that it was nothing, Mourinho did not want to take risks after the team led by one to zero.

Winning away from home is definitely different from losing his main core.

Mourinho will not do this loss-making business to ruin the team's chance of winning the championship for a victory.

Anyway, there is an away goal now, and there are more than 40 minutes left in the game. There is no need to fight with the opponent.

Moreover, even without this kid, Mourinho has the ability to command his team to keep the victory.

If this kid is brought on the field, it may lead to some adverse consequences. If it delays the subsequent games, it will be more than worth the loss. Anyway, there is no one available on his bench.

Cassano, Lampard, these can all play, although they may not be as slippery as this kid, but there is no weak guy who can catch Mourinho's eye, and now he just wants to keep the lead.

"I can still play, it's just that my muscles hurt temporarily, it's okay." Lin Yi tried to persuade Mourinho, he really didn't want to give up the fight with Riquelme, even the outcome was not decided.

The second half had just begun, after the goal, maybe the Argentine would start to counterattack, Lin Yi also planned to have a good arm wrestling with that guy, such a duel is far more interesting than a victory.

"Back at home, you still have 90 minutes to go, here, your mission has been completed, now you need to rest, I don't want to take a wounded player to the final battle of the Champions League."

Mourinho was not discussing with Lin Yi at this time, although he knew what this kid was thinking. He finally met an opponent he was interested in, and he always wanted to decide who was better.

However, if he was healthy, Mourinho would be willing to let him make such an attempt. However, no one knew whether his calf muscles had any hidden problems, and he didn't want to take such a risk.

"Lampard, I'll give you one minute to warm up your body and get ready to play. Take over Lin Yi's position and nail him to the opponent's penalty area. Make good use of the gun mounts set up by the two center forwards for you."

If Mourinho were placed in ancient times, he would definitely be a decisive existence. Lin Yi had nothing to say about this teacher. Anyway, if he was determined to do something, even ten cows couldn't pull him back.

Lampard warmed up and played. Such a move made many Chelsea fans a little worried. Just like those Chelsea players thought, compared with a goal, Lin Yi's injury was obviously more important.

"It's a bad situation. Lin Yi, who just completed the assist, has now been replaced by Chelsea. It seems that Senna's flying tackle still injured his leg. This is not good news for Chelsea, who are preparing to defend their title. However, we don't know how serious his injury is. We can only wait for news."

Andy Gray saw Lin Yi being replaced, and his tone seemed a little low. Although Lampard was replaced, he didn't feel that his fellow countryman could bring any excitement to the game.

The source of Chelsea's attack is now receiving treatment from the team doctor on the sidelines. The only good news is that the ambulance has not yet arrived. Maybe the boy's injury is not as serious as expected.

Now I don't know how many fans' attention has shifted from the game itself to Lin Yi.

Perhaps even Mourinho and Lin Yi himself did not expect that the photographers on the sidelines had already pointed their long lenses at the Chelsea sidelines, fearing that they would miss a detail. As for what happened on the field, few people cared, including those Spanish reporters, who were also paying attention to Lin Yi's movements.

All this continued until the team doctor and Faria helped Lin Yi into the player tunnel, and Pellegrini's substitution in the midfield did not even attract much attention. Many people seemed to have forgotten that the boy's injury was caused by Senna's foul, and the perpetrator had been sent off.

Falling behind by one goal and one man short, this is undoubtedly standing on the edge of a cliff for the Villarreal team, which is already at a disadvantage. This is still in their home court. The opponent has successfully scored an away goal. If Chelsea chooses to defend, Pellegrini does not know whether it can equalize.

However, at this time, he can only bite the bullet and attack, otherwise let the opponent leave the Love Song Stadium with a victory, then whether the next round of the game is necessary is a problem.

One of his midfielders was abandoned, and Pellegrini was bloody at this time. He directly changed the usual four defenders to three defenders. Venta, who performed poorly, was replaced. Franco was idle for nearly 50 minutes and went into battle. Villarreal finally offered its three forwards.

Without Lin Yi's interlaced running in the frontcourt, Tacchinardi now only needs to concentrate on dealing with Lampard, and in order to guard against the opponent's double center forward, Pellegrini can only concentrate all the defenders in the middle.

Alvarez, Aruabarena and Arzu, who has a relatively large range of activities, although the loopholes on the two sides are more obvious, the pressure will not increase without Lin Yi's ghostly pass.

At this time, Pellegrini can only go all out. He can only hope that Riquelme will show the magic he showed against Inter Milan, using the impact of three forwards to try to equalize the score.

The tactical arrangement that neither coach will take a step back can be regarded as sweeping away the slightly dull atmosphere of the previous game between the two teams, and replacing it with an open offensive style.

Mourinho let the two sides penetrate more, Drogba and Crespo pressed the opponent's central defender tightly, and not only did they use air strikes to deter the opponent, but Lampard could also insert from the back.

Maybe Lampard doesn't have the skill of Lin Yi to embroider with his feet, but his offensive ability has always been strong, otherwise he would not always be among the top three in the Premier League scorer list. Moreover, there are two center forwards in front of him to set up a gun stand for him. Five minutes after he came on the court, Lampard had two long shots from outside the penalty area. If Barbosa hadn't reacted quickly, both shots would have gone in.

Even so, the muffled blast still made Barbosa's heart pound.

There was no choice to defend, perhaps Mourinho's tactical choice gave Villarreal hope of equalizing the score. Although there was always pressure on the back line, their offense never stopped, especially Riquelme, who was also fierce in the midfield after seeing the score was rewritten.

Maybe it was because he saw that the little guy who was almost ten years younger than him, in front of his own penalty area, used such a calm choice to help Crespo score, Riquelme also wanted to prove his worth.

After almost 20 minutes in the second half, Riquelme was knocked down from behind by Essien during a dribbling breakthrough in the frontcourt. It was a free kick nearly 30 meters away from the goal, but his arcing ball still hit the goalpost heavily, which made Mourinho's heart jump when he watched from the sidelines. This was only his first free kick performance. Ten minutes later, he kicked again 25 meters away from the goal. This time the goalpost didn't help, but Cech completed a flying save.

However, no goalkeeper likes to accept such a test. Cech doesn't want to appear in the best save shot every time. He would rather choose a mediocre process and then win the game and leave.

The game that made the goalkeeper shine can only be said to be that the team's defense line is too useless. Although Riquelme did not make a stunning move to challenge Chelsea's entire defense line, his free kick was enough.

"When can I achieve his accuracy?" When Riquelme continued to put pressure on Chelsea with free kicks, there was a kid lying on a medical bed in the away team's locker room, discussing Riquelme's free kick accuracy with Faria in a good mood, which made Faria, who was frowning on the side, speechless. The kid didn't seem to care about his leg at all.

"You seem to be injured now. Can you shift your attention to treatment instead of always staring at the TV broadcast? I have asked you three times where it hurts!"

Faria was completely helpless with this guy who turned on the TV as soon as he entered the locker room.

Compared with the bruise on his right leg, the kid seemed to care more about the current situation of the game.

And he would pull out the opponent's free kick for no reason, with a face full of envy and jealousy.

"Well, I was just saying it casually. Yes, it hurts where you just pressed." Although Lin Yi agreed, his eyes never left the broadcast screen, especially when Riquelme took three free kicks in more than 20 minutes, and each time Cech made a difficult save.

"Fuck you! I just pressed your knee! And it was your left leg! You don't hurt at all!"

Faria was almost going crazy now, but Lin Yi was watching the TV broadcast all the time, except for a smirk on his face. His attention had completely shifted from the score to Riquelme's free kick footwork. Although he had been practicing hard for almost a year, he had never taken a free kick himself in the game.

"Maybe I should propose to that guy. If there is another chance, I should try it."

Lin Yi is now a little obsessed with this game similar to shooting a moving target, especially Riquelme's free kick arc, which is low, fast, and the angle is particularly tricky, just like a work of art.

Maybe he is not as good as Beckham's crescent moon scimitar and Lampard's long-range heavy artillery, but Riquelme's murderous intent in the movement and stillness is not ostentatious, but can always threaten your goal.

"I really want to go on the court to see his state when he takes a penalty kick, alas." Lin Yi is no longer concerned about whether his right leg has a hidden injury. He is more concerned about whether he can observe the opponent's performance at close range. Face-to-face observation is always more intuitive than watching those so-called videos.

However, it seems that such an opportunity can only be left at Stamford Bridge. He can only stay in the locker room and be ravaged by Faria and the team doctor. In fact, the impact of the calf is nothing. Just treat it as a muscle massage after the game. Lin Yi also knows that he is now more protected like an animal and a treasure of Chelsea.

Lin Yi is still lamenting in the locker room, but the hot scene on the field has not become quiet because of his absence. Just because the opponent wants to equalize the score, the rhythm of the game has gradually become faster.

Riquelme's slowness also began to become more fierce in this atmosphere, but Essien had already received Mourinho's order, either to block the opponent with his body or at all costs.

From Lin Yi's departure to Villarreal's change of formation, in the more than 40 minutes, Riquelme won a total of four free kick opportunities under Essien's defense, and also made the opponent get a yellow card.

But Villarreal's offense is always short of the last breath. Whether it is two forwards or the current three forwards, they want to break through Chelsea's defense, but it always looks close but difficult to do.

Terry, Carvalho, Bosingwa and others firmly guarded their own areas, leaving no opportunity for Villarreal to take advantage of. Even if they have three forwards, they can't attack at will.

Whether it was an air battle or a ground fight, in the face of this squeeze-type defense, there was not much space for Fran and his team to dodge and move. Only Riquelme could always suppress Essien, but the Villarreal team, which was missing one man, could only invest so much in the attack.

Even Sorin couldn't press up sometimes. Although Robben and Ribery, the two crazy guys, didn't have Lin Yi to deliver a through ball behind them, the opponent changed the formation to three defenders, which gave them the opportunity to gallop on the wing, either to cross the ball from the bottom or to cut inside with the ball after breaking through, anyway, they were all free to do it.

Especially Ribery, that guy is not tall, but he is strong. Every breakthrough can cause great trouble to the opponent. Two of them were knocked back from the bottom of the wing, and Drogba almost scored in front of the goal. If it weren't for Aru Abarena's quick reaction, the score might have been rewritten.

After more than 40 minutes of offensive and defensive battles, Chelsea failed to continue to expand the fruits of victory, and Villarreal failed to save the defeat. Although Riquelme frequently threatened the gate guarded by Cech, the Czech's hands were like a big net, firmly holding down the shells fired from Riquelme's feet. Pellegrini's three-forward tactics were eclipsed by Chelsea's steel defense. Although more than 20,000 fans were cheering for them, the final result was still one to zero.

Taking away a victory away from home, although it was only one to zero, it was enough. The only regret was that when Chelsea left Spain, Lin Yi had a layer of protection on his calf. . .

(Why do men's basketball teams stop playing when the score is close?)